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Better life chances
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- Viewpoint, March 2005, pp.16-17.
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- Mencap/Gateway
Summarises some of the key points and recommendations from the government report 'Improving the life chances of disabled people'. Key recommendations include independent living, family support, transition services and increased employment opportunities.
Minister calls for national strategy to lift standards
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- Viewpoint, 44, December 1999, pp.1-2.
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- Mencap/Gateway
Recent research, 'Facing the Facts - services for People with Learning Disabilities', has led to calls for a national learning disability strategy to raise standards across the country in the areas of health, social care and employment by the Minister for Health. This article summarises the main points from the report.
Mencap urges new ministers to focus on welfare and work
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- Viewpoint, 31, August 1998, p.4.
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- Mencap/Gateway
Looks at Mencap's response to the Government's Green Paper, 'A New Contract for Welfare', which urges ministers to take greater account of the needs of people who cannot work, and to set a basic standard for income and benefit.
Family budgets under threats from charges
- Author:
- McINTYRE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 27, April 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Identifies how local authority charges for services to families who have to support relatives with learning difficulties are affecting their budgets.
Special needs need special measures
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- Viewpoint, 24, December 1997, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Children with special educational needs are the focus of a Government Green paper and a Mencap report. The Government intends to integrate these students into mainstream education; Mencap reveals the tragedy of exclusion.